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I built a Build Your Own Clone (BYOC) “Arm­strong Twin” pedal kit. It’s a com­bi­na­tion compressor/octaver pedal for gui­tar.

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It’s taken five years, but NASA has finally released its report on the Colum­bia shut­tle dis­as­ter. Unsur­pris­ingly, it blames the equip­ment and sadly its rec­om­men­da­tions for changes to that equip­ment come too late for any of the remain­ing shut­tle missions.

NASA is tak­ing some com­fort that the Colum­bia crew prob­a­bly only lived for about 40 sec­onds before being knocked uncon­scious. It is believed the Chal­lenger crew was awake and aware dur­ing the entire fall into the ocean.

The Long Count­down — The Fight Over NASA’s Future — NYTimes​.com

Old Elec­tron­ics Kit Man­u­als Forced Offline Thanks To Copy­right | Techdirt

In a trend that reflects what’s hap­pened to me, a Pew sur­vey shows online news is over­tak­ing print news in the US. The result­ing decline in read­er­ship has impacted adver­tis­ing rev­enues which in turn has caused news­pa­pers to cut back on con­tent. It’s a death spi­ral that they’re unlikely to pull out of.